The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-09-21
a SCENE AT a WEDDING.
What Happened at the SuptiaI Ceremony
Of a New York Couple.

| N SCENE AT n WEDDING.
| what Happened at the SuptiaI Ceremon,
Of IA New York Couple.
(From the New York Timcs1
a merry wedding party assembled
Sunday evening in Vienna Hall, at 5Stl
street and Lexington avenue, to celo
brato the nuptial3 Of Miss Lrcno Reckel
the youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Bcckel, of 6l3 Lexington avenue
and Hermann Scheyer, well ll-knuwn
| young Montreal commission merchant
| The marriage ceremony had Just been
performed by the Rev. DIR. Koehler OF
the Bcth-iE Synagogue, in Lcxinptor
avenue; the newly married couple had
received tue congratulations Of The as
scmblcd relatives and friends, and thC
mueic had Just struck up for the
| polonaiac, which was to DO lod by the
bride end groom, whom sounds OF dis.
turbarCo aud loud cXclamntions in n
woman s voice were heqrd from the YES
! tibusC,
Several gentlemen hurried out and
found handsome littlc dark-eyed Jewesa
on the point OF falling III faint The
tirst 10 reach her side rccoiled upon see.
lnB the silver mOuntin9s Of revolver
flashing from the folds of her dress, bnt
he recovered himself and caught tho
tanning woman with one arm, while
with the other he Snatched the pistol
from her grasp. SummoninG one of the
company to his assistance, he hurried
the passive woman into the elevator and
conducted lIor to an upper room, send
ing out to the company the information
that servant had fnint,d Il. DIR. ISaac
oppenhclmcr was sent to her assistance
and whisper in the car Of The bride
groom led MN to hastily excuse him
self for moment and hurry after the
physician.
When, with tho flush Of his new honor
still sufusing his checks the newly mar
rlrd man entered the chamber, he was
confronted By II figure from Which he
rccoll'd III evident terror, and he would
have mado II prccipitntc flight had not
tho hurrlng words Of the woman held
him as b. Il spell. With painting breath
and flashing cycs, ono hand upon her
hcaving hrc"st and tho other pointing
as If to tUnatiN the bridegroom, She
cried: "Gou have broken my heart and
ruined my life, and now YOU cast me
INTO the world without name" With
TINS her strength failed, and she sank
back upon tLC bed in swoon.
The three men who hud been witness
cs OF this sconc hastily pushed Schcyer
FROM the room, telling him to 90 back
ard conduct himself as if nothing hap
pened; they would take care of the wo-
man. Sch"yrr fingered in the hail u
moment 20 collect his scattered faculties,
anu %cEt back to tho sjdu uf the cirl
who haU Just tcco!nc his wife The
guests were quoted with the assurance
thAt thc la'ntInS woman Lad been sent
nome III carriage.
iAc music struck lIp, the dance went
on, All" JOY ".,S apparently uucontinvd
IEiS occurred a little after o'clock. in
few moments thc woman had recover
ed sufficiently to be conducted to her
carnage and driven to her hotel in East
ith street. Arriving there about s
o clock she spent the next hour and II
hall IN writing out the story of her rcla
hrns with iiUmnnu Schcycr.
from ihts statement and some clip
pings from Montreal newspapers it ap-
lcns that she lad been betrayed by
SchGycr under promise of marriage in
Mon'rcnl over two years ago. Her name
Is viola Cohen and she is the daughter
OF wci!to-do decorator. Some months
after finding that Schcycr did rot in
tend 10 fulfill his promise, she laid in
wait for hlm on the street and shot him,
lnllctipB, however, onl Y a slight abrasion
ot the arm. With the noise of the re-
port ahc tainted away, and when sie
again recovered consciousness found
herself in a hospital ward, her baby by
her side. No prosecution followed her
attempt upon Schcyer's lifo and she was
allowed upon recovery to leave the
hnGnlfuI Np1 hnnf 4
weeks nltcr this the child was spiritot
away mystcriously, and though the
mother has sought it necessarily, she las
not seen it since.
Learning few days ago that Schcycr
had gone to New York to be married to
Miss Beckel, Miss Cohen determined if
possible to prevent the ceremony. With
ont topping to pack even u sgtchCl she
going ut once to hotel. There she re-
maincd all day, awaiting the time fixed
for tho ceremony, when she intended to
appear and proclaim her wrongs. This,
according to Jewish customs, would have
prevented the marriage But she came
too late. The ceremony had been fin
ishcd, and according to the law Hermann
Scheycr and irene Beckcl were man and
wife.
AT $50 o'clock Miss Cohen started for
Boston on her way back to Montreal,
st'!l vowing speedy vengeance upon
Schcyer. In the meantime the wedding
festivities went on ut Vienna Hall.
Shortly after midnight the bride and
groom bade their friends goodbye and
retired 70 their hotel, which they left at
an early hour for their future home in
Montreal.
lie Felt Grateful.
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